tholos

Examples of tholos in the following topics:

• Architecture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • The Tholos of Athena Pronaia at Delphi (380-360 BCE) was built as a sanctuary by Theodoros of Phoenicia.
  • Identify the departures from traditional Classical Greek architecture in the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, the Tholos of Athena Pronaia, and the Theatre at Epidauros.

• Roman Architecture under the Republic

  • At times, the Romans erected round temples that imitated the Greek tholos.
  • A Roman modification of a Greek tholos.

• The Agora

  • Plan of the Athenian Agora. 1 Peristyle Court 2 Mint 3 Enneacrounos 4 South stoa 5 Heliaea 6 Strategeion 7 Colonos Agoraios 8 Tholos 9 Agora stone 10 Monument of the Eponymous Heroes 11 Old Bouleuterion 12 New Bouleuterion 13 Temple of Hephaestus (Hephaestion) 14 Temple of Apollo Patroos 15 Stoa of Zeus 16 Altar of the Twelve Gods 17 Royal stoa 18 Temple of Aphrodite Urania 19 Stoa of Hermes 20 Stoa poikile

• Mycenaean Architecture

  • Mycenae is also home to a subterranean beehive shaped tomb (also known as a tholos tomb) that was located outside the citadel walls.

• The Ancient Greek Gods and Their Temples

  • Temples generally followed the same basic rectangular plan, although a round temple, known as a tholos, were used at some sites in starting in the Classical period.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • One notable exception to this standard was the circular tholos dedicated to Apollo at Delphi.